Recent content by still kikn

Yes

If you've had that plug in and out a few times over the years the gasket may be damaged. If it were mine I'd clean up the area around the plug real good first, then pull it out and replace it. It's long overdue anyway if as you say all you've done to it in three years is change the oil. Then...

There's an oil pressure switch that cuts the engine off when it senses low oil pressure. They often kick in on sharp turns and that may be what caused your's to die. You can by pass it just by unplugging it at the connection point. I unhooked mine because of the nuisance shutdowns, others have...

Your's is set up a bit different than mine. It looks like that piece you're calling a backing plate acts as a spacer to raise the engine. Mine didn't have that and I had to add individual spacers under each foot to raise mine. But you should be able to use what you have, in fact, it's probably a...

Thanks, it has one brake axle but I never did hook em up. Before I had a chance to find a brake controller I needed to haul a 68 Impala and found out even with a big heavy car like that on the trailer I didn't have any trouble stopping so I never did hook up the wiring for the brake axle. Just...

I had to use some spacers to raise the engine on my Dingo but only because I went to a larger rear axle sprocket. Depending on what size your rear sprocket is you may not have to raise yours, but it's not a big problem either way. The mounting bolt holes all lined up but due to the gas tank...

I don't do Facebook. Thanks for posting it though, does look like a pretty good deal. St. Charles is only about an hour away from me. I watch Craigslist all the time but ya gotta be fast, seems to be a lot of folks looking for Karts and Mini bikes in this area and when one shows up that looks...

Link? Can't find it on Craigslist.

Got er done. Had a hard time finding rough cut oak boards but finally found a sawmill still in business not too awful far away but then had to wait two weeks before they could cut them for me. I was planning on putting some used tires on to replace the weather checked, dry rotted ones on...

I'd heard of plastic welding but never tried it. Had thought it took some kind of special tools or something. But too late for now anyway, I cut out a pretty large hole for the grommet to sit in so don't think I'd be able to fill all that back in. But thanks for the idea, wish I'd looked into...

Thanks! Haven't done much with it since I got it finished. Just back it out of the shop and drive it around every week or two to keep everything loosened up. There's usually an old tractor show going on about this time of year but Covid worries canceled that, otherwise I'd be taking it up there...

Thanks JPonLKN. Your Gilson looks like it's a real workhorse. That front loader would sure come in handy around here. Often thought of getting one for my Massey but something else always got in the way.

Back in the days before safety and emissions inspections pretty much put an end to $200/$300 dollar cars I used to buy oldies to fix up and resell as a sideline to my regular job. I built this trailer to pick up and deliver them but got out of the business ten years ago and it's been sitting...

When I was refurbishing my Dingo I searched high and low for a Rim with a 7/8 Hex bore to replace the wobbler that was on it. All I found throughout my searches were other folks looking for the same thing. Talked to guys who had given up and replaced their hex axle with a round one just...

This thing crawled into the back of my truck and came home with me today. Other than the fact that the engine isn't locked up and appears to have good compression, if you've looked at the pics then you know as much about it as I do. Just wondered if any of you have any experience with these old...